The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

New York: Sagapress, Inc. / Timber Press, Incorporated, 1995. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11x8x0. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Bound in green publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Book is in two parts: "The Man and His Background", and "The Gardens - In Approximate Chronological Order". High-gloss pages with beautiful, full-color photograph illustrations throughout, along with black and white landscape diagrams and occasional black and white photographs. Light wear on foot of spine and ever slight wear to cover corners. Endpapers bear decorative garden illustration in green by Marx. Frontispiece is full color photograph of The Banco Safra Plaza in São Paulo. Appendices: Contains glossary of plants and significant landscape projects. Indexed. Forward by the landscaper/artist. Dust jacket is in near fine condition with minimal rubbing, and contains a 1" tear along the back cover at the foot, along with several creases. DJ is full color, high-gloss paper with images of gardens and modern geometric block-type illustrations in green. Color themes are green, red and gray. Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited with having introduced modernist landscape architecture to Brazil. He was known as a modern nature artist and a public urban space designer. His work had a great influence on tropical garden design in the 20th century. Water gardens were a popular theme in his work. He was deftly able to transfer traditional artistic expressions such as graphic design, tapestry and folk art into his landscape designs. He also designed fabrics, jewellery and stage sets. (Wikipedia) 237 pp. From the back dust jacket flap: "[Author] Simo Eliovson (1919-1990) was known internationally as a writer, photographer, and lecturer on garden subjects. A native of South Africa, she made its rich and varied flora a particular speciality." An overall lovely book. Additional photos up on request. Full refund if not satisfied.